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NiOVINCIAL JOURNALS. (From The Cork. ,4(irCrtizer, of the 24th inst.) / COUNTY MEETING, Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, the High She-iff, ,Tetnmett Br.iwne, Esq. appeared .in the County Court House, having called a Meeting of the No bility, Clergy, and Freeholders of the County, pursuance of a Requisition directed to blip, signed by many most respectable Gentlemen, to meet at 'hit hour, in order to frame - an Address of Condo. it•nce to the - Prince Regent, on the melancholy death of the Queen. It appearing, however, that by mistake the advertisement calling the Meeting, in some of the papers, stated the hour for as 'ietubling to be two o'clock instead_ of twelve, as 'was intended, it was stlggtsted, that it would he prudent to arljourti the Court to two o'clock ; the High Sherikimmediaely complied, and the Meet• ing adjourned accordingly. At two o'clock the Court was again opened, the High Sheriff pre siding. Several Gentlemen took occasion, prepa ratory to the business of the day' being entered upon, to complain that the notice or advertise inent calling tile Meeting had not been made suf ficiently public, ina,muCh as it %VHS only published in three out ot the four Newspapers or this City, and they required to know why the Advertisement did not appear in the other Newspaper also.— The High Sheriff in the' most courteous manner obser:ed, that the advertisement had been inserted in the Newspapers in which it was usual to pub )i,ll flatters ot the kind for the County.—The charges for these inset7ions mere to be borne by the County. and he; the High Sheriff, understood that the Papers in which the advertisement in question appeared were those 'approved of by the G!•and Jori , es.• For his octet part he gave no parti • cuhir ditections on the subject, but the advertise me,tst wa‘ t o in the usual way, and he con ceived the twitter had ,got sufficient and very ge neral publicity. His' great anxiety was that it should. Atter a gteat deal of further conversa tion on this subject, Mr. John Bennett tuoved an pdjoornment of the Meeting, contending, from the thinness of it, that any Address adopted then could not be fairly considered as emanating - from the County at large. This step was considered by several as bighly necessary, but after considerable tilieussiou Mr. Bennett consented to withdraw his motion. After which Lord Carbery rose to Move that an Address at Condolence be presented by the County to his Royal Highness the Prince . Pegent, and that a Committee he appointed to prepare it. His Lordship observed, that there could not eXist a second opinion on the propriety of the step they were about to adopt, and he could not anticipate a single objection to it. lie would,. therefore . , "content himself with proposing, that en Address be presented, and a Committee should _ be named for its preparation. The following Noblemen and Gentlemen were then Twin ted es the Commit te , , • viz.:—Lord "Cat bery, Lord •liineshorotigh, Colonel Hodder, Thonas G. Fre:ich, Bramish, Daniel. Con nor, Savage Ftilich, William Leader, Heyward St. Leger, S Barry, and. Her.bert,Baldwin, Esqrs.— The . Committee immediately retired, and returned • in aboot tioee crafters of an hour, with "tire Ad dress, wi , ich Lord Carhery read to the Meeting. We need nut say that this Address was in every respt.:ct suited to the occasion: which gave rise to - it, and that it particularly avoided glancing at any thing political in the lite ofher late,Midesty, at the same time that it spoke' in very animated terms of the virttres . of the and of the model of pori , y and excellence slje ever shewed the Eng+sh nation,and which made the British Court, tinting her long lite, the seat of morality and vir- . - toe. „Tr . ,,t as this Address was about to be put, Mr. John. Boyle rase, and atter a'few observa tiozis proposed au Address which he had prepared an Amendment to that which •.had been ap-. proved by the Committee. His objection to the latter was simply, that it fell short of expressing (t i c sympathy which the country felt for the suf ferings aid ingnish of the Prince Regent ; nor did it, as be alleged, describe our own.sympa thies on Ors tarelancholy occasion. These topics his Address fully embraced, and therefore it was that he urged- it- . Mr. Mahon seconded this Ad dress • • . Mr. Beamitih said that this latter Address was rot drawn up in the . usual way that Amendments were generally- put. It -was altogether 'meant is a substitutiOn for that prepared .by the Com mittee,- *awl it would. not be acting well by that body to . say i -that the Athlress they bad agreed upon was not suitable, and that it should be re . jtetud. 'snbatitted that the Address brought in by' the Committee ought to be put and adoted. • . Lord Casbery, 'Mr. Savage French, and several other Alentlemen were of the same opinion; whilst•Nir. Bennett, Mr. Boyle, and some whets; insisted that the Amendment should he put and disposed of in .the first - instance„ and that after - that the original 'Address should 'he put. This, they contended, was the usual course adopted in. and out of: Paaiament on all 'public occasions.'-- T he High . Sheriff repeatedly expressed his anxious wish to be guided by what was usually done at public- meetings in similar cases, with which, he said, he was not much acnitaiated, Mod as there seerned such a diversity of opinion in the Meet lug, be really did not know to which feeling he ought to accede. The Court was now occupied for nearly an hour in arguing and considering not only this hitt •several Other topics that were.'in . traduced to the Meeting. It• was submitted that no man who was not a Freeholder of 'the County ought to . take any part in the proceedings of the day anti it was complained that the proposer and • seconder of the second Address were nut Free holders. The correctness of the latter observa— tion was very stoutly denied, and it was urged by several that not only persons having freeholds in the County, but even Citizens of Cork might take a part iu the proceedings. The High She riff repeatedly expressed a hope 'that those who supported each Address would agree amongst themselves on the manner in which they should Ire put: but there being no.likelibood of this, the High Sheriff, about four O'clSck addresser) tbell Court., and said, that as there did not appear a possibility of the parties coming to an agreement . on the subject, and as it . was then getting late, and also as at the early part of the dayit ha-d been mentioned that sufficient publicity had not been . givt.ti of the calling the Meeting, he thought the best thing he conic! do e, , a to adintan the Meet ing althgetber, and call a new Meeting of the Cooßty, aml he would take care that every thing sboidd he done to givellic matter the utmost possible pnblicity.—This proposition was received wiili general satisfaction, and the Meeting ad journed. TO THE COUNTY OF CORK. I ose this comprehensive term, because I fee that there is not a legal Freeholder of this.great County who is not deeply interested in the sub ject on which I address you. You will have seen in the l'ublic Prints the proceedings of the County I\leeting of yesterday, and I trust you will feel with me a just indignation at the result of it. 'Voter great COuniy, the first in this portion of the United Empire, was coiled .by your High Sheriff, in pursuance of a requisition, for the pur pose of addressing . the Prince Regent, on the death of our lamented Queen. It might have been presumed, that on such a subject every man would have felt it Iris auty to come forward, and give his assent, to the last compliment . that was to he paid to the Memory of one of the nio,t amiable and virtuous Queens that ever shared the British Throne. It might be fairly presnmed, that or' such an occasion, even apathy would have been roused to make an exertion that Party feeling, if it could he supposed to exist, would have been stifled ; and that when the County was called ilium to join in a loyal and complimentary Address to the Representative of our beloved So vereign, on a solemn and important occasion, there would have been found in this great arid loyal County but one heart, and one mind. Very different, however, has been the case. Even of those who signed the requisition, but few thought proper to attend the Meeting, and instead of see ing the Benches of your Court House crowded with the rank, property, and respectability of the County, they were (recopied by persons: resident in the City, some of whom,perhaps, had the ques tion been tried, might have been found wanting in the privileges of ,a forty shilling Freehold.—The consequences were sticlt'as might have been ex pected. I need not recite them, aliey have al ready' appeared in the Public Prints. • It now , rests with you to submit to the degradation which the County has suffered, or to come for ward and assert your dignity, your rights, and your true independence. If you choose to give up the direction of your County into the hands of those Gentlemen, in God's name, let them he your High Sheriffs, let them be your Grand Jurors, let them be the Rept esentatives of your County.--If, however, one spark of public feel-' ing vet remains unextinguished, let he kindled into a flame. When your Sheriff summons hjs Bailiwick, attend hint, rally round him, protect his dignity and your own, appear in your places, and let those• Gentlemen, whatever may be. heir pretensions, hold that rank and influence in the County to which their merits and their property entitle them, but do not let them usurp - yours. am no Party man, I address you as a free and independent Landed Proprietor of your County, - deeply interested in its welfare, zealous for its honour, and indignant at its disgrace. . Cork, Dec. 24, 1818. CARBERY. THE UNFORTUNATE J. VARTIE. This poor youth, only 19 years of age, con victed of what has been called " England's un pardonable sin," and now awaiting the execution of the laW, by a premature and ignominious death, poweHully excites the sense of pity. The strong emotions of the prosecutor, on hearing the ver dict, will do him lasting honour. The duty he owed to his country obliged him ,to prosecute. That fulfilled, his plea for mercy was urgent, and his heart was evidently in his petition. The case is an instructive one to youth, and however it may terminate for the unhappy object of this nar rative, it is to be earnestly hoped that the lesson will not be thrown away on those who, like poor Vartie, might he otherwise exposed to fatal temptations.—Vartie was born in Westmore land, of very honest, though poor, and now al most broken-heaped parents. He sofar profited by the education they gave him, that lie became, while very young, ,a,tutor to the children of a Lady of title in the neighbourhood Where he first drew, his. breath.. Hopes of, succeeding, better near the.• metropolis brought him ,to Graves end, the Curate of - Aviiich place was a West moreland man, and _knowing Vartie, induc ed his friend,;! the. , keeper. of a respectable boarding,schookbere, principally on account of , the youth's. excellent ,character and gond talents, to take him as an' assistant till somethiug better should offer.: Here,for-considerahly more than a year, Vartie behaved so as to enable Mr. Giles togive :evidence at the Old Bailey, that'' he,was correct in every sense of the word." The Gravesend Bank took him as a Clerk,. without any . other security than his good character ; and in their service also he conducted himself in the most , satisfactory man ner up to the. moment of the act wh i ch rendered his life forfeited to justice. He was not expen sive; he was,of retited and very studious habits; .he was in, , .possession'of every ,comfort ! It !is singular, that the,object which principally occu pied his time was the study of Hebrew. He wrote a most excellent hand, could imitate very closely the hand-writing of other persons, and prided himself upon this faculty. The accidental absence of one of the clerks of the Gravesend Bank gave Vartie some very unexpected opportunities, which led to the commission of the offence.of which he has been convicted. He escaped from England, .changed his name, and entered into, a, college at Abbeville, .engaging, for two years there at 251. per annum, for the purpose of improving his mind by . study. He even wrote a narrative of. his flight, his change of name, and where he had takenrefup,. and sent the letter to a friend by the common post. This procured his apprehen sion, and aided his conviction.— (Maidstone Journal) POLICE INTELLIGENCE. NEGLIGENCE OF CONSTABLES. MANsioN-HOUSE.—An itive,tia',tion of a serious nature took place at this office yesterday, in con sequence of a complaint h - aving been made to the Lord Mayor of the non-attendance of five Gen tlemen who were elected constables of the district of Duke's-place, and whose duty it was to attend at the watch-house. The present complaint was made h 4,7 Messrs. H. Christopher and W. Fawcett, and it appeared, that owing to the neglect which had taken place at the watch-house, a robbery and burglary haul heel) lately committed within fifty yards of the place. The constables charged with absence from the watch-house on their respective nights of duty were—Lyon Davis, J. Perkins, N. Solomons, and C. So!onions, The fifth gentleman was absent from indisposition. Mr. Davis said, he stopped at the watch-house as long as he could, but was obliged to retire from indisposition. The LORD MAYOR said, he might have found a substitute. Mr. Davis said he was a foreigner, and wished to please every body ; he could not think of a substitute The LORD MAYOR told him he must ,Jdher pay the penalty for non-attendance, 20s. or be in dicted. The defendant paid the fine and costs. Mr. Perkins excused himself by reminding them of his having been present at a quarrel with two men, when he saved one of them from being run over by a coach and horses, but in return receiv ed a black eye. It was during this occurrence Fawcett called at the watch-house. The LORD MAYOR was satisfied with this ex planktion,•and defendant was called upon 'to pay the costs only. Mr. R Solornons said, he was always glad to do his ditty ; but On the night of his watch he was unable to sit upright from illness. A witness confirmed the fact NI; Mr. Solontons's indisposi tion. He was ordered to pay his expenses only. Mr. C Soiomons also pleaded ill health, but was unable •o prove it. lie was fined 20s. and costs. The LORD MAYOR highly commended the con dnct of Fawcett,' and trusted that the gentlemen would in future pay strict regard to their duties, as the sure means of preventing the numerous robberies to which the neighbourhood had been so long exposed, and Preserving its peace. A BANK-NOTE EATER. PonetlIALL.-11 youth, named Thomas Twigg, was yesterday brought up under the following ex traordinary charge Mitchell, draper, of Smithfield, said, that on Monday evening the prisoner came into his shop, and asked for a yard of velvet-and other ar tcles ; they amounted to 4s. and in payment he tendered a it. Bank of England Note., The shop man asked him what name he should write noun it ? He replied, " Hill, 14, Peartree-street, Goswell street." The genuinenesS of the Note being doubted, he was questioned as to- the posses sion. He said he got it from his master, Mr. Hill, of the - place already mentioned, awl be had - k m doubt it was, good. This de claration was not believed, and the Note be ing submitted to the inspection of neighbours, and most carefully examined, it .was pronounced had. The prisoner 'at this became alarmed, and almost cried ; he said he bad not the least idea of its being bad, and renueSred he might be allowed to take it back to his master. After touch solicita—. lion, Mr, Mitchell gave him- the note ; but no sooner dia. he get it in his hand, than he began twisting and turning it, until it became shaped like a pil!, in which state fie popped it like light ning into his mouth. lie was immediately seiz ed, and thrown upon _the floor, when, after much struggling, his month was forced open, but he had swallowed the note. He was then given in charge,.and searched, but no other note or pro perty whatever was found. The Magistrate said, he should like to know a little more of the note-eater, and inquired whether the person .he represented to be his master had been applied to? Being'answered in the negative, he ordered that person to attend upon the next . examination, and the Bank Solicitors to be made acquainted with the transaction.—The prisoner was committed for further examination. ROBBING COACHES. Bow-STREET.-Thomas Secret, the driver of the Rundle coach from.near Biggleswade, in Bed fordshire, underwent a fourth examination, being charged with stealing 'a parcel sent by his . coach from the Bankers of St. Neat's, with Bank-notes to the amount of 2451. with the waggon way-bill; directed to Mr. Smith, the Proprietor, at the Three Cups Inn,in Aldersgate-street. Mrs. Mary Marshall, of ThrapstOne, and Mrs. Susannah Martin', of the Commercial-road, who, were both inside-passen gers by the coach on the 27th of November, the day when the pareel was 'stolen, attended, and they sWore positively to' Secret; the coachman, asking for the 'Articular parcel when the coach stopped at Ganweck Corner, and Mrs. Marshall handed it to him, and he did not return it. This waimost conclusive evidence against him; but on account of his extraordinary good: character he was not,cotnmitted,,bur admitted to bail, him self in 2001. and two sureties in 1001. each.. QUEEN-SQUARE.- - Chas. Wanzback was charged by Mr. Murrell, Master-tailor, in Panton-street, Haymarket, with robbing him of a great quantity of cloth and other property. He was committed for : examination on a. future day. UrnoN-HALL.—John Howard, a decent look ing man, was brought by Edward Smith, the constable at Camberwell, and charged with com mitting a robbery in Streatham Cyurch, and steal ing a number • of books and velvet covers. Mr. Hone (the Clerk of the Church) proved, that the property found upon the prisoner belonged to the Churchwardens and . other persons who at tend at the Church, and the prisoner was cons mitted. . A bottle thrown out by the Alexander, one of she English Discovery ships, was picked up by d Danish vessel off the Faro Islands. It contained merely a notice' of the day when it was thrown out, the longitude and latitude in which I he vessel tberi was, and the degree of cold according to Faikrentleit and Ites.unlor. DREADFUL ACCIDENT. • A most alarming and sudden accident teolt.p l Pc° • on Monday morning, which threw the treighbout.. hood of Poplar into the utmost confusion. 4 consequence of the inhabitants of that place? Ixdt .having a sufficient supply of water of late, ch i c parish, for the purpose of furnishing thein more conveniently with that necessary article, deter'- trained on having wells made, and fora length of time past several men have been employed dip ging them in the High -street, Poplar. They had. - succeeded in making th em an amaz i ng depth , Wit still kept digging until Monday morning last,- about one o'clock, when an accident of a mo s t dreadful nature occurred. Several men were Ttra played, some placed at the bottom of the' welt digging, while others were at the top to draw tip the dirt in a tub. Mr. Broadhurst, bricklayer, of Poplar, who was the person employed to conduft. that part of the business, was at work with his man placing some bricks nearly at the -irottoin of the well, and was alarmed by a labourer digging. at the bottom, who told him that he was. afraid there was great danger, part of the place being quite wet and soft, and some of it actaany ing given way. Mr. Broadhurst went irrone... • diately to the bottom to ascertain whether there • was any dauger, and was soon convinced that - there was not a• moment to spire to save their 4 lives The tub in which the dirt was conveyed up was at the bottom, and some of the men clung to the ropes. Mr. Broadhurst got on the tub, and they bawled out to the men above to draw. op, or they would be killed ; the men, on hear- , ing the alarm, instantly began drawing up, but in a. moment the whole of the earth at each side gave way and buried them. The report •of the accident soon spread about the town, and in a short time several thousands of persons collected round the spot, and the labourers commenced digging for the bodies ; they continued until yes terday, when on getting near to the place where the unfortunate persons were buried, sosothered groans were distinctly heard; Mr. Broadhurst, on e hearing the noise proceeding from the pick-axe, as well as he could called out, but very indis tinctly; at last they got to him, and a most dread• ful picture here presented itself : Mr. Broadhurst and his man were placed in -a position (quite in sensible) as if they had endeavoured by using their hands, which were up to their faces, do • prevent themselves from being suffocated. On digging farther down, the hotly of a labourer, who by Mr. Broadhurst's account was alive two. hours previous to his being found, was lying flat, laying hold of Mr. B.'s legs, and quite dead. Another man, named Patrick Driscol, was shortly after found with his head in a hollow, which he had made by his hands ; he was with much diffi.. cult}, extricated from his perilous situation, in as extremely exhausted condition, and having re• ecived several bruises. Mr. Broadhurst was also much. hurt. They were drawn up by ropes, .and carried by some men to a surgeon's, from . whende - , after receiving every assistance, Mr. 13; .was . taken to his residence in High-street, and Driscol.to the Cooper's Arms, in a very dangerous condi. tion. The unfortunate deceased was,conveyed•to the workhouse for a Coroner's Inquest. ti COURSE OF EXCHANGE, T ?IDA; DEC. 29. Amstet dam .. II e C. F. Ditto, at Sight %. Rotterdam ll 7 2 Us. Antwvp ll 9 Ex.Alonef Hamburg') 33 8 .11 Us. .Altona Paris, 3 Day's sight , 23 (0 0 Us. Ditto Bourdeaux, ditto Frankfort on the Nlain Madrid ' 391 Ettectire Cadiz Bilboa s. ~. 39 Elfeclive t Seville 3B/ . Gibraltar Barcelona L,ltorti * • •• Genoa... 47 -Venice, Ital. Liv 25 50 Malta... .. 50 -Naples 43 Ps.lermq MIL pc r Os. Lisbon ' 551 . Oporto . Rio Janeiro Dublin.... .....9i..... C0rk.....9/ per Ceut. Agio of the Bank on Hollaud.... 2 per Cent. BULLION. P,ortuol Gold, in Coin 7 . .0 0 0 per 001 New Dollars o 5 6 silver, in Bars .. BIRTHS. On Sunday last, of a daughter, the Lady of - Weflings, Esq. at the house of her , father, John Wedderburne, Esq. Devonshire-street, Portland-place. On the 2 , 2 d inst. at Hill House, Langhert, the Lady a Vincent Stuckey, Esq. of a son. On Saturday last, in Norfolk-street, Park-lane, the Hun. Mrs. Repton, of a son. DIED. Lately; at her house in the Miniter-Yard, Lincoln, Mrs. Benet. On the 28th inst. at Hammersmith, aged 51, • Miss Eliza• beth Westerman, of Gerrard street, Soho. On the 2Stli inst. Mr. John Moore, of Great Marlborotigb•- street, in We t.ad year of his age. ‘ PROVINCIAL BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. Yesterday se'nnight, the Lady 'of Captairßriggs, Queen Charlotte, of a son. Friday, at Woodlands, rear Harrogate, .the Lady of Capt. Kenyon, of a son and heir. MARRIED. Lately, at Lacock, Edward Jennings, &q. of Bath, to Mary Jane, eldest daughter of Litut.-Lolonol TuffnelL, of Lackhain House, Wilts. Lately, at Hamner, Flintshire, Thomas Duckert, Esq• of Wiglatiii Hail, near Malpas, Cheshire, to Mary, daughter of John Maddecks, Esq. of Horton, near Tilston, in thecohnty of Chester. DIED. On Monday seinnight, Mrs. Al4cott, wife of John Alleo% Esq. Store-keeper of his Majesty's Dock-yard, at Portsmouth. On Tuesday se'nnight, at Creator!, Northamptonshire, Martha, relict of the late Thomas Brooksbank, Esq. one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the county of Middle sex, and mother of Win. Lucas, Esq. of Hollowell.. Friday last) at Leeds, Mr. J. C. Blake, of Use Royal Navy. Lately, John, youngest son of Robert Seaton, Esq. of F o n.. tefract, Yorkshire. On the 21St inst. Mary Harrison, aged lOS years She bad lived as nurse in Mr. Madett's family, at Bacup, Lancashire. upwards of 93 years. LONDON: Printed by J. B. CARSTAIRS, of 40, 29, • Great Ormond-sue:et,. Queen-square; anti published by W. A. SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South Molton-street, at nix, Surd Office, No. 119, Strand ; whero Advettisenielit3, Otdefis Letters, &c. (ust-paid) must tataddroacd. Rep, L'e4 li+p)